Combined locomotive tank-valve and gooseneck.



M. J. MGGEE.

COMBINED LGGOMOTIVB TANK VALVE AND GOOSENEOK APPLICATION FILED JAN. 8, 1913.

Patented July 8, 1913.

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WITNESSES I lNf/E/JTOR MICHAEL. J. MCGEE ATTORNEYS .llunlieation filed January cl. with. Serial Sdi? L 1. V 7 'K To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, l l'lIGHAEL (ll MoG'ne, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Macon in the county oi Bibi) and State of Georgia, have invented a new and line broved Combined Locomotive 'lan Va/lve and Gooseneclz, of which the :l'ollowing is a full clear, and exact description.

At present, locomotive tank-val and the gooseneck associated with, the valve fittingfor connection. with one end of the hose leadingto the feed pipe of the engine are made in various forms, but in all cases these in use include a largenuniher of parts that not only involve expense for machining and similar operati.ons, hut materially increase the total weight. Moreover, a very serious detect in the present construc ions is the impossibility of quickly connecdisconnecting the ta l -if=l\() and hos quently under eon ns wheretinie of the very highest importance; thus tl tank valve may lealt, or it may he requ: l

blow out the in ector, or from any other cause a temporary eiseonnecthm and quick connection will he hi ghly desirable.

lit is an object of my invention to mate rially reduce the total wr'ght the Valve, gose-neel and they apprirtenaiiees; to entirely do away with a lat r number parts now empl .yed; to prove tank-valve and trooseneel; where no 11; ing' wl'iatever .Ylli he required ishin'gg than the it cine; of the l v to provide a constructhm which y 'll permit of the hose being almost instantly disconnected from goose neck or the goose nee-ls from the v and an equally quiel; assemblage i The inve explained i inafter to ore partioul sly description hen-iin-entary vertical section given to show an emergency cutotl provided for employment between the outlet from the valve and the inlet to the goose neck.

la constructing the illustrated practical enihodin'ient of my invention, the valve fitting i is formed with the usual flange 11 adapted to he bolted in the usual manner to neck 19, said head and goose-neck being formed integral, and the latterdeparting ownwardly at an angle to the inlet end 20, which when the parts are assembled, as in the drawing uimnunicates with the outlet 1'? of the valve fitting there being preferahly a tgnshet or packing ring 21 interid between the head 18 and the valve fit- The low r ends of the arms 16 are L L free and unconnected with each other, there heingg; a, free passagnavay for the head 18. mid head formed at opposite sides vertical erior grooves (Fig. l), groove being; defined by spaced vertical F5 on the sides of the head, the ari; being such that the head 18 may in between the arms 16, the latter being received. in the grooves 212, and being inovable upwardly to a position to bring the in let F20 oi the head 18 of the goosc-neck into c ose relation with the outlet 17 ot the valve Tlhe arms 16 extend below the nor- "tion of the head 18 and are formed s above the lower ends thereof with vertical slots 24%, the slots of the respective arms registering, and being adapted to receive the arms of a yoke nut 26 in which a clamp-bolt 27 takes to exert pressure as inst the solid under side of the head 18. eh arm of the yoke nut is formed with a, 528, to have interlocked engagement with Ml e lower Walls of the slots 24 when the 1 .1 v Ald :en-ed up, the ghosts-neck is rigidly the tank: hottom l2, and is formed with a p hol z is turned into tight engage held in place on the valve fitting 1Q, the tank-valve and the goose-neck sentially one. Moreover. when. it is to remove the goose-neck this can almost inshintaneously by siinplv- 1 ing the bolt 2. until the yoke ficientlv loose to disconnect the portions 28 of the arms from the is of the arms 15 whereupon the yol. av be shifted in the direction of it lengt to fi st disconnect one arm and W rdraw it ir its slot 24-, whu'eupon a tilt and movement of the yoke will permit its opposite end. to be disconnected and the yoke entirel v removed, leaving the goose-nee 18 free to he slid out of on, g the arms 16. The hose 30, whim in practice leads to the feed pipe of the locomotive, may be secured to the goose neck 19 by an ordinary clamp 31 having a clamp screw When itis desired to disconnect the h 30 from the goose neck, as for ins, up. i the clogging of the injector, or for any other purpose, it is not necessary to disconnect the goose neck with my improved construction, but is merely necess ry to loosen the clamp screw. 1 provemergency cut-off which may he or loycd in the event the tank-valve 14 should lea; and

it is desired to cut off the valve from. communication with the hose, Thus plate 33 is provided, of a size p i tween the arms 16, and between the of the valve fitting 10 and the head 18 the goose neck, as shown in 7 narily the cutoff plate 33 is s spends-o. by a chain 34: from the tank hetto other convenient support and n. desired to place the rzut-oii in po n slight loosening of the bolt 27 will the goose to be lowered sriiucirthe entrance of the said cut-o "t the tightening up of the bolt 1 close the outlet in the valve fittin and leave the hose 30 free to be removed from the goose neck. The described arrange ment with respect to the cut-oii' plate al permits of an injector on one side of t engine being out out in case it become is operative, While the other injector can be operated, and a train thus brought in Without Waste of Water.

By my improved construction it is found in practice that approximately a reduction of twenty pounds in the Weight of the ordinary tank-valve, goose neck and appurte nances i: e'liected, since the rigidity of the a h so sl to Zll eing lip.

des locowith a hose the reed pipe of a locomo for deiclnhly clamping 1 fitting, cor? I V posits sides or 1, head of the there being registering slots in ends of the said guide arms hethe lower ow the said construct. n permits the lightest form. to l 3' 1 employed and the doing away with various sleeves, nuts and other union parts at present enrolo ed, Furthermore,:the complete valve final-1g and goose neck are form it" use \.ll3l1" Ui' any machining Whaieid, other finishing operations than "15 of the valve seat 13. Thus d head, a yoke nut having opp/cs e:-;tend- 153G arms the upper against the under side or" the having a and communicating at the upper end of the head With theoutlet of the valve fitting, guide arms on the valve fitting having disconnected and spaced lower ends, the said head of: the goose neck: having side grooves receiving the said guide arms, a yoke nuthaving arms in sliding engagement with said guide arms, and a bolt taking' into said nut and adapted to hear goose neck.

4. The herein-described combined locomotive tank valve and goose neck, compris ing a valve fitting adapted to be secured to atank bottom, having a valve seat and an outlet at the lower end, a goose neck having an integral head and in communication with the outlet of the valve fitting, integral guide arms at opposite sides of the valve fitting, the head of the goose neck grooves for receiving the said guide arms, a yoke nut slidahly engaging the lower ends oi? the arms, a bolt taking into said nut and adapted to bear against the under side of the goose neck, and an emergency cut-01f plate adapted to be received between the guide arms above the head of the goose neck and'hetween the same and the valve fitting. in testimony whereof I have signed my name to this'specification in the presence of tvvo subscribing, Witnesses.

' MIGHAEL JAMES MCGEE. "Witnesses: L. L. BRIGHT, R. F. MOCOWEN.

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